Category Archives: environmental
The John Malkovich Treehouse
Did you know that John Malkovich had a treehouse? Here’s the scoop: The year was 1993. The place, near Malkovich’s Provence, France house. A group of local residents was lobbying for a treehouse in a nearby park. Malkovich contributed money to the project. For those of you familiar with government reactions to treehouses, it will […]
mmp architects treehouse
Are you looking for a design plan for something more upscale? mmp architects have released their floor plan for this Australian luxury treehouse. Image from: designboom.com
Blue Forest – Treehouse Pros
David & I love to blog about treehouses. But we’re also looking to make this site more useful to those who are looking for people who will either build or teach them the skills to build their own treehouses. In that spirit, here’s a company from England, called Blue Forest, that does just that. They […]
One More Thing About That Luxury Treehouse…
On Monday I blogged about a Canadian luxury treehouse and was all smiles about the whole thing. But that’s not the whole truth and it’s been niggling at me ever since. I wanted to be positive about the project because it’s too easy to focus on the downsides. Towards the end of that article I […]
Canadian Luxury Treehouse
Here’s a story that I saw on page A13 of the August 5 edition of one of our local papers, the Province. It features a $4.5 million treehouse that a couple, Shaun and Stephanie Mesher, had built for them near Comox on Vancouver Island. The original building estimate was $900, 000; it just ballooned from […]
Michael Garnier’s Treehouse Village
I was talking treehouse at a friend’s wedding this weekend with one of the guests. He told me about this amazing video of a man in Oregon who built the biggest treehouse. I’ve heard the largest treehouse claim from various sources before, so I wasn’t sure if I knew who he was talking about. He […]
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen Shares His Building Tips
I came across this funny yet extremely informative video at the relaxshacks website. Both this video and the site have got a heap of useful information on how to build small places (read treehouses) with very little money, a lot of resourcefulness, and an environmental mind. If you’re thinking about building a treehouse (or even […]
Wise Words From Peter Bahouth
A few months ago, I wrote a blog about Peter Bahouth’s treehouse in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia. Following the Weather Channel’s cue (the original source of my blog), I referred to him as an architect. Peter read the post and emailed me: “Nice to be mentioned. But I’m NOT an architect. In fact […]
Sustainable Costa Rican Treehouse Community — A Slice of Heaven
Looks like I’ve died and gone to heaven again. This time it’s over a sustainable Costa Rican treehouse community called Finca Bellavista. Don’t believe me? Well I’ve included a fancy dancy video to prove that, as Belinda Carlisle so aptly put it, heaven is a place on Earth. I brought you a story recently about […]
Treehouse Tent From a Great Design Site
Are you looking for great treehouse design ideas? Doing my usual trolling for all things treehouse, I came across this super duper design website, dornob.com. It rocks, okay? It has a section dedicated to treehouses. How cool is that? This site goes well beyond treehouses, including a lot of really cool inventions, like a trash […]